Prosecutors said Insys staffers also misled insurers about patients' medical conditions and posed as doctors' office employees in order to get payment approved for the costly drug.
Kapoor's attorney sought to shift the blame onto the company's former vice president of sales, Alec Burlakoff, who pleaded guilty to the bribe scheme in November. Attorney Beth Wilkinson said Burlakoff was cutting side deals with doctors on his own and lied when he testified against Kapoor because he's trying to save himself.
Highly addictive my ass. Read romancing opiates by Theodore Dalrymple. More reason to legalize recreational use of fentanyl.
KathrynKickligh Will he be sentenced as a real drug dealer. If not, every drug dealer in this country should be released. No different than drug dealer on street who gives away free hits to get people addicted on their first hit. Drug dealers get life without parole. We will see what he gets
Any doctor who accepted a bribe, however small, should be struck off.
Let him die in prison. Wishing the same outcome for Sacklers.
Greed is endless.
The guilty person is John Kapoor, the founder and former chairman of Insys Therapeutics. There's plenty of room to use names in tweets and I'd recommend it since that's the only thing many people read. InsysTherapeutics JohnKapoor
bellablue1060 Lock him up and throw away the key!
How much to lobbyists and Trump?
Modest fine and 100 hours of community service incoming
But it's those street druggies that are the problem. Right?
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Kathatestrump If my grandfather doctor was still alive, he'd love this. He hated how pharmaceuticals were always pushing drugs.
Kjeling BUT - you can always trust the Market!
Ruin someone's life, a child's life, just to line your pockets. Nice.
Get his money to fund really good rehab facilities and for children whose parents od'd
Responsible for much suffering.
Good. Bye.
Heinous predator. Throw away the key.
Can’t say I feel sorry for this guy. Opioids are ‘chemical slavery’.
justice
Was he the one getting sexual favors..I hope yall check him for STD's😂
These are the real drug dealers.
Thank you FBI
Boo Hiss
Ok who's next?
Will his jail sentence be 15 days
And the doctors he bribed were convicted as well?
This isn't the only example...as long as there are Doctors prescribing these addictive drugs..the opioid war will be ongoing....and it's all for GREED
Good!
BUT..BUT.. all those drugs are SMUGGLED in by the 'undocumented' from Mexico.....Just ask Fox News and the GOP (party of the Mass Murderers).
And this is just one extreme example and he got caught.
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